02654nam 2200601 a 450 991043808750332120200520144314.01-283-90934-03-658-00066-X10.1007/978-3-658-00066-0(CKB)2670000000279510(EBL)1082918(OCoLC)813213126(SSID)ssj0000798573(PQKBManifestationID)11510596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798573(PQKBWorkID)10743694(PQKB)10391403(DE-He213)978-3-658-00066-0(MiAaPQ)EBC1082918(PPN)168330628(EXLCZ)99267000000027951020121027d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmbedded lead users inside the firm how innovative user employees contribute to the corporate product innovation process /Tim Schweisfurth ; foreword by Cornelius Herstatt1st ed. 2013.Wiesbaden Springer Gabler20131 online resource (234 p.)Gabler research.Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-ManagementDescription based upon print version of record.3-658-00065-1 Includes bibliographical references.Lead User -- Innovation -- Firm boundaries -- Organizational behavior -- Boundary spanner.The central phenomenon of this book are embedded lead users (ELUs): employees of firms who exhibit lead user characteristics in relation to their employing firm’s products or services. Examples for this phenomenon exist amongst others in the sporting industry in which users of sporting goods are at the same time employed by manufacturers of these goods. In three consecutive studies Tim Schweisfurth explores how embedded lead users contribute to corporate innovation. He shows what factors foster the lead userness of employees and what characterizes embedded lead users’ behaviors. Various implications for firms are discussed, e.g. with respect to leveraging user knowledge for innovation.  .Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-ManagementLeadershipManagementLeadership.Management.338.064Schweisfurth Tim1061972Herstatt Cornelius1763325MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910438087503321Embedded lead users inside the firm4203713UNINA